| Show MAYOR CAllS Pin PITT TO TIME Mr Bransford Puts It Up to the Chief to Put a Stop I to Gambling I TIRES OF PROCRASTINATION BIG GAMES REPORTED GOING IN S SEVERAL PLACES Convinced that gambling games are running in Salt Lake Mayor Brans Bransford ford Jast last night visited police pollee head headquarters headquarters headquarters quarters and without mincing n words demanded to know from Chief Pitt why the police had been in putting p a stop to the games the existence of which had reached the mayors mayor knowledge The mayors visit to the chief fol followed followed lowed loved closely upon the report current yesterday afternoon that a man had been inveigled into a room over a South State street saloon and induced to lose 2000 at a roulette wheel There were vere other reports that gamblers were we e operating in the premises of a leading hotel and in one of the large down downtown downtown downtown town office buildings Mayor talk tane with Chief Pitt last night was the third confer conference conference conference ence he had during the past week with the chief of police It Is understood under tood that t at at his previous visits the mayor gave to Chief Pitt certain information that had come to him concerning gambling in Salt Lake with Instructions Instructions Instructions for the chief to detail policemen to arrest the offenders and break up the reported game gaineL Mayor Wants Results Little doubt was left that Mayor Bransford was was convinced that the in information information information formation he had nad received was relia reliable reliable reliable ble He had apparently Expected re results results suIts after his first conference with Chief Pitt and arid last nights visit was for the purpose of demanding to know why arrests had not been made The mayor was Informed that the suspected places had been watched by policemen but that no evidence sufficient sufficient to Justify arrests had been ob obtained obtained tamed He was told that whenever one of the supposed gambling places was entered ent red men were found engaged with ith the th harmless game of and that nothing was found that indicated that poker or other games for money were being 1 Mayor Bransford was far from satis satisfied satisfied fied lied with this explanation He ordered redoubled vigilance on the part of the police pollee The mayors conference with Chief Pitt ca ed a p ripple of excitement at headquarters There was con considerable considerable considerable speculation as to the cause of his unheralded visit He was alone when he lie reached headquarters and seemed anxious to avoid attracting at attention attention attention After his talk with Chief Pitt he quietly walked away S When questioned about the cause caus e of his visit the mayor admitted that he had taken up the subject of gambling He seemed convinced that there were gambling games running in the city efty I and left loft no doubt that he was not wholly satisfied with the efforts of the police to mit ajit a stop to the tramps games mes Chief Pitt PIU stated last night that he had heard a vague ague report that some man had lost 2000 in a gambling house bouse but that no complaint had been made to him If It complaint had been made to me he said I 1 would have made short work worn of putting an end to gambling in the place in which the alleged gambling took place We have heard and investigated many man reports but have been unable to find anything back of ot the current ru rumors rumors rumors mors |
